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title: "ذَلِكَ (dhālika) meaning in Arabic: that"
description: "ذَلِكَ (dhālika) means “that”. Level A1: forms and how to read it letter by letter, from the Fasaha dictionary."
canonical: "https://fasaha.app/w/dhalika"
language: "en"
direction: "ltr"
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# ذَلِكَ

*dhālika* · **that**

ذَلِكَ (dhālika) is an Arabic pronoun meaning “that”. Fasaha’s library first uses it at level A1.

- Part of speech: Pronoun
- Level: A1

## How to read ذَلِكَ, letter by letter

3 letters, read from right to left. The marks above and below the letters are the short vowels.

- ذ — ذال (dhāl): th as in this
- ل — لام (lām): l
- ك — كاف (kāf): k

## Questions about ذَلِكَ

### What level is ذَلِكَ?

Fasaha first uses ذَلِكَ at level A1, on a scale from A0 (first words) to C2 (classical prose).


[All words in the Fasaha dictionary](https://fasaha.app/w)